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I believe in health care that is based on a personal commitment to meet patient needs with compassion and care.

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Dr. B.N. Murlidhara is a trusted Neurosurgeon in Dr C Jagadeesh's Dental Clinic, Bangalore. He has completed MBBS . You can meet Dr. B.N. Murlidhara personally at Phoenix Hospital Bangalore in Dr C Jagadeesh's Dental Clinic, Bangalore. You can book an instant appointment online with Dr. B.N. Murlidhara on Lybrate.com.

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Ginkgo biloba is a herbal supplement, used as an antioxidant. It improves blood supply to the brain, n assumes to improve the memory n enhance the thinking ability. But its not the alternative option in Parkinson, but yes there are studies which emphasize the benefits of ginkgo in dementia (Alzheimer). So seen the age of pt even with Parkinson it will be beneficial as an adjuvant. So you should not stop the first line treatment of Parkinson, n can give this ginkgo as a supplement.

For constipation eat food with high fiber content and eat bananas at bedtime and if necessary take two tsp of syp gudlax at night and apart from taking ongoing treatment take take tablet folvite 5mg once a day and tablet vitamind (60000iu) once a week for six months.

First of call I undestand he had a stroke - Not clear where in brain but think he had a blocked artery.
If you send me the pictures of the scan I can say you about the recovery and plans.
He is on good risk factor control as I can see the medicines. If his aretries are blocked at neck or clots moved up from heart I am not sure. He may require change in the medicines if there are clots formed in heart.

Tia is a warning sign of stroke. So you have to worry but not that much. I understand about your phobia about getting again same problem but dear if you maintain yourself and take some precautions then chances are very less.
Please make sure:
1. If you are overweight try to reduce.
2. Brisk walking daily for 30 minutes.
3. Cardiovascular exercises daily for endurance and strength and to make your heart fit.
4. Regular intake of excess water in your diet.
5. Avoid junk food, carbohydrates.
6. Take healthy diet that enrich you with proteins, vitamins.
7. If diabetic make sure sugar level should be maintained.
8. If hypertensive, make sure bp should not reach to too high or too low along with hr.
9. Avoid stressful life. 10. Meet some physio and learn daily exercises that will keep you fit and healthy along with some modification in your lifestyle.
11. Avoid fasting - eat breakfast, lunch and dinner at fixed timings.
12. Make yourself busy by fulfilling your hobby as it will give you freshness and your mind will be diverted from normal life.
13. Take min 7 hours of sleep. 14. Avoid taking caffeine, alcohol, phenylethylamine (found in chocolate and cheese), tyramine (found in nuts and fermented meats, cheeses, and soy), and aspartame (in many artificially sweetened foods) as sometimes these all exaggerate the condition. Instead use basil leaves tea or ginger tea boiled nicely in water without milk.
Do not worry about getting tia / cva. If you keep yourself relax and avoid stress you will be healthy and then no disease no tia.

Hello lybrate-user
As per your symptoms, you are having ligament weakness of left elbow, causing ulnar nerve compression resulting in tingling sensation in 5th finger. Get X-ray Left elbow-AP/Lateral view done.
We need to discuss more about your symptoms and find out correct disease so, kindly get these investigations done and review as early as possible. Kindly consult me in private as I can't write medicines here.
Thank you. Get well soon.

You need counselling more than probably medication for your psychiatry problems. I can see that you have used lots of medical terms in your question. You might be doing searching in the internet. I feel that you are not satisfied with what is happening in your life right now. Epilepsy might have made to compromise a few things in your life. Remember epilepsy medicine can be stopped if fits don't occur for a considerable period of time as decided by your doctor. Many patients will not have any recurrence after stopping. However counselling is required to correct some of the faulty thinking you are having now. Once your thought process is changed you will find the positives of life and will be able to enjoy it.

If you check the recent scientific studies, then you will come to know that PPI drugs are treated as the popular medicines to treat heartburn troubles, but as the side-effect, you will face acute cognitive troubles. Your mental condition might get affected in various ways causing memory or concentration loss, decrease in brain ability and others. Though, these drugs are very safe but only effectively treating heartburn troubles, especially gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

How Dementia is related with PPI drugs?
PPI drugs are normally recommended by doctors for treating heartburn issues, but if you are taking these drugs on a continuous basis, then you might face the unwanted signs or symptoms of dementia. This is a hardcore fact, and it has been observed by many reputed researchers of the present age. There are some commonest symptoms that can be observed due to dementia, and some of the prominent ones are as follows:-

Beta-amyloid production: Beta-amyloid is a kind of protein and the growth of this specific protein increases to a great extent with the consistent intake of PPI drugs. This protein might lead to the increase in varied dementia signs, out of which the most severe kind of situation is Alzheimer's disease. This disease might get converted into dreadful condition at times, and this is the reason a regular or consistent intake of PPI drugs should be essentially avoided. If you are facing this condition, then you should report about the same to your doctor immediately. This protein is very toxic or harmful for the brain as your mental ability is being adversely affected.

Decrease of vitamin B12: If vitamin B12 decreases day by day, then acute mental disturbances will get invited. If you want to avoid this kind of condition, then nothing can be a better option other than avoiding PPI drugs. This is the only reason that doctors never recommend taking these drugs in an excessive limit. In fact, sometimes, these drugs are prescribed along with other potential medicines that can help in maintaining mental health in good condition. If you have got any family history of mental trouble, then you should reveal the same to your doctor so that strong PPI medicines are not prescribed for gastric troubles. In fact, there are few limitations among PPI drugs that are never to be prescribed by doctors and all the doctors should follow the same in a sincere manner. If you wish to discuss about any specific problem, you can consult a General Physician.

Hello. My suggestion for you is - continue with the medicines you are on, but gradually and slowly reduce the frequency of use and then stop them completely later and side by side start with the homoeopathic medicines which I am going to advise you, so that they will take start taking the care of your problem.
Start with 1 dose of Natrum Mur. 200 daily at 11am, Brahmi (Bacopa Monierri) Q/ 10 drops in 1/2 cup of water thrice a day and Kali Phos. 6x/ once at night for 15 days. After that report to me about intensity of your sufferings, will recommend you accordingly.
For management part: do breathing exercises (like pranayam, anulom- vilum) early in the morning before sunrise, for relieving stress from your body! If possible, you can learn yoga from a qualified yoga-teacher/ instructor.

HI,
The symptoms of migraine are constant headache either partial or complete associated with vomitting, eye pain, irritable mood, nausea and loss of appetite.
Migrane is caused due to the vasoconstriction of the vessels of the head or forehead.